Automobile.



S. GOGEL.

AUTOMOBILE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV.6. 19w.

Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

SOL GOGEL, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

AUTOMOBILE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 1?, 1918.

Application filed November 6, 1917. Serial No. 200,573.

supplemental wheel secured to the hub of an ordinary automobile wheel and having its outer circumference or tread located between the rim and the outer circumference or tread of the automobile wheel as herein' after more particularly explained.

Figure 1, is a side elevation of an automobile showing my thereto.

Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1, showing one of the tires deflated.

Fig. 3, is a front elevation'of anautomobileshowing one of the tires deflated, the

ower tion.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

1 indicates the ordinary wheels of an automobile provided with a rim 2 tire 3. 4 indicates a supplemental wheel, which is preferably formed in two halves 4 and d, the divided hub 5 thereof surportion thereof being shown in sec rounding the ordinary hub 6 of the auto-1.

mobile wheel. Each half 5 and 5' of the hub is provided with a spoke member 7 in close proximity to the point of division. The spoke members 7 of each half of the wheel 4 and 4 are clamped together and invention applied v bemg and pneumatic secured by suitable U-b0lts 8. Each wheel portion 4* and 4 may be provided with a tread portion 9 of hard rubber, the outer circumference of Which is located between the outer diameter of the rim 2 and the outer circumference of the pneumatic tire 3.

It will be understood that a supplemental wheel 4 is mounted upon each hub 6 of the automobile and that when one of the tires becomes deflated through puncture the wheel 4 comes into contact with the ground, the automobile riding thereon, the position of the outer circumference of the wheel 4 being such as to prevent pinching of the pneumatic tire 3 against the rim 2 and thereby preventing the consequent cutting or wearing out of the inner tube'of the tire.

It will thus be seen that when a puncture takes place the travel of the automobile may be continued without any damage to the tire of the automobile until the destination is reached when the tire may be repaired.

What I claim as my invention is- In an automobile, the combination with the wheel and its hub, of a supplemental wheel permanently mounted upon the hub, of less diameter than the main wheel and adapted to support the machine in case of the deflation of the main tire, the said supplemental wheel being divided into two sections so as to engage each side of the hub, each portion being arranged with spoke members on the line of the division whereby thespokes of each half are adapted to fit closely together 'andU-bolts for clamping the adjacent spoke members to prevent displacement.

- SOL GOGEL. Witnesses:

M. EGAN, R. Mortar. 

